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...leave, Al-haj tells a story containing a typically Sufi rebuke to the authorities: A Sufi leader visits a distant village while he is fasting for Ramadan. When he arrives in the village, the people welcome him by offering a glass of milk. He drinks the milk, preferring to honor their hospitality rather than his own piety...
...Neusner insists it doesn't parse. A Rabbi Talks argues, for instance, that Jesus' line that "he who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me" defies the commandment to "honor thy father and mother" and that his liberties with Saturday rules on grounds that "the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath" flout the one that explicitly orders all humans to observe the day. Most important, Neusner read Jesus' repeated rhetorical formula "You have heard that it was said [in the Torah] ... But I say to you ... " as his claim...
Americans may differ on how best to honor those who have given their lives in this war. Should the fight be redoubled as a tribute to the fallen? Or does our obligation to the dead mean ending the war that took their lives as soon as possible? After the Civil War, Major General John Logan proclaimed the first Memorial Day for the dead on both sides: "We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security is but a fitting tribute to the memory...
...Both award-winning hurlers went the distance. Madick, the Ivy League Pitcher of the Year, endured a hard line drive that drilled her left leg in the fourth to last 8 1/3 innings, allowing seven hits and a walk while striking out five. Lotti, who captured the same honor in the Colonial Athletic Association, improved to 23-4 on the year with a nine-inning, five-hit, eight-walk, 11-strikeout performance, allowing only two unearned runs. Lotti held the Crimson scoreless through six innings despite putting a runner on base in every frame and eight total, including two hits...
...Harvard’s most prominent black student organizations could be confused with campus trespassers. It explains why a recent Cinco de Mayo party at the University of Delaware had a “South of the Border” theme, featuring members of a predominantly white honor fraternity poking some highly-offensive fun at Latinos everywhere...